Jannik Sinner held in his number one ranking in the world before his return from a three-month doping detention, but the Italian does not expect his return to be so calm when he reappears in Rome’s masters next month.

sinful He has not played since Australian Open’s earnings at the beginning of the season and accepted a ban in February after an agreement with the World Anti-Doping Agency, which had challenged a court’s decision to clear it after two positive tests.

The 23-year-old was allowed to return to training on April 13, and his suspension will end on May 4, before his competitive return to Italian Open, which begins three days later.

Sinner, who spent time building the french conscious fitness starting in May 25, was assured to keep the highest ranking for his home tour after his closest challenger, Alexander Zverevcollapsed at an early loss in Monte Carlo.

“We’re training a lot. Hopefully, we’ll get a momentum again in front of the clay season. It will definitely not be easy for me,” Sinner told broadcaster Orf Sudtirol.

“The first games will be really difficult. But I hope I’ll be able to get back in the swing and then we’ll see how you go.”

The sinner, who trained with the British world number six Jack draper At the tennis De Beaulieu club in France recently, he said there were very positive due to his forced lack of tournament.

“I think at the beginning of the three months, it was quite nice,” The sinner added.

“Some time away from all the quarrels, I spent time with my family, with friends. I was doing new things and got to know better, discovering where I stayed.

“I think that helped me a lot.”